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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marvi0:
Wasn't sure which section to post this. Am using my s4 on the tmobile uk network, running the latest Pac rom. However I think my network tmobile uk has blocked my tethering. Now in the old days their used to be an app, for root users to go round this problem, but I can't seem to find this on the market. Any help or suggestions as to how I can go round this restriction would be appreciated.
[Acer Iconia A500] thebrews1986:
Hi, I recently purchased this acer a500 and I had no idea it was a demo unit. I cant return it and I am new with andriod based products. Please help. I know my build is Acer_A500_1.109.02_PA_DEMO and my android version is 3.0.1 Thank you for your help
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Happy to help but whats the problem with yr 'demo' unit?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Demo units have a special limited rom. He will need to run a full rom on it.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Yeh but he doesnt mention whether he wants to flash a custom or whether its bricked. And if it's a demo can u flash it as per normal M?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Yep. I would suggest 2 things. Get the uid, then flash a full update rom to 3.2. Then ota it to ics. Am mobile now, so you get the ball maverick!

Those demo roms are missing half the stuff. Not sure whether he has ext sd card access. Might have to euu him. Hence uid.
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Ahh cool, ok then, guess we'll w8 till he gets back to us, cheers M!!
[Acer Iconia A500] thebrews1986:
reply

Hi, thank you all for your replies I am still having a hard time fully understanding everything like I said I am new to android. What I do know is it doesnt have google play which is my main concern. Kernel version 2.6.36.3 if that helps anyone its not bricked, I wouldnt mind flashing it if that would fix the problem and make it like a normal tablet version. Whats a UID? Where do I find it? Thanks again for your help
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
Well we will try and keep things simple for you, which isn't easy with this particular android device but the very first thing you should do is to retrieve your CPUID. This is imperative. If anything ever goes wrong this CPUID is needed to help you unbrick.

First we need to set up your PC to be able to communicate with your tab, so we need some drivers. This whole process works best with win7/vista/xp so if you are doing this on win8 you may have some issues. In saying that, if you're a Linux user, then thats even better, so please say if you are we can bypass a heap of stuff!!!

Head over to Acer Support and download the Acer drivers here Run the .exe to install

Download the usb drivers from here extract to a folder on your PC (desktop).

Once your drivers are installed check they are installed correctly.

1. Grab your micro usb cable and hook your tab to your PC (u should hear windows make the new hardware connected sound. Then you should see the 'new hardware wizard' attemp to install the Acer Drivers. Hopefully everything should install correctly.

2. Now on to test the usb/adb drivers. The files you extracted to your desktop. We aren't going to do anything as such with these, they just need to be on your system somewhere.

So, when you are ready.....right click the extracted folder (hold down shift key at the same time) You should see the context menu with an option to

"Open command window here..."

3. When the command opens type the following with no quote marks:

"adb devices" and then press enter.

4. You should see "List of devices attached....and a series of numbers/letters here like this:

this is your magical CPUID! and it should have 15 characters - write this number down and guard it with your life!!!

5. If you don't see this window, it means your PC does not 'see' your tab.

Try a different micro usb cable and make sure the cable is firmly connected, try a different usb port on your PC.

Well, thats your first lesson of the day:)

Once the drivers are setup correctly, we can move on to getting your tab upgraded into some ICS/Jellybean goodness!

Good luck with lesson 1, ya got any probs or u don't understand something, just ask:)

dibb
[Acer Iconia A500] thebrews1986:
Can all this be done on a mac? If not its fine I can borrow a friends laptop.
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Not that I am aware of. Gonna need a PC with windows XP or 7. Mainly because most of the apps we use are windows based. And I wouldn't trust a windows emulator. Also, acer drivers install is windows based.

Do you have access to your external SD card? Will need to know.

The demo unit is the same as a regular 500. All the same hardware. The difference is the ROM they install. If you have access to your external SD card, it will make the process a little easier. Basically just put a full update rom on it, and reboot it via recovery.

But.... UID number we must have, just in case things go south as dibb said.

So check access to external sd card. You can do this by going to Settings>Storage and check.

Don't worry, we've done a couple of demo units in the past.

Mac's.....pffffttttt.....:D

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
NEWS FLASH

I told you we have dealt with Demo units in the past.

Go to;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1410802&highlight=demo

You;ll need to read the posts....

Install the old Iconiaroot apk

Install Acer Recovery and let it install a CWM (custom recovery). Probably the oldest version.

After it's done, Flash a version 3.1 ROM

Let it OTA all the way to ICS

This of course is just another option. This is the old original way before version 3.2.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] thebrews1986:
storage

external sd card says total unavailable. and under available it says unavailable.
[Acer Iconia A500] srskiller:
Is the SD card mounted and formatted?
[Acer Iconia A500] Moscow Desire:
Well, that figures..demo unit... EUU time.

Basically, you are going to need a windows PC with the acer drivers installed. The whole process will take about an hour, so make sure your tablet is charged fully.

Get the following files;

1. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1816560 scroll down to the EUU, and click the box "show content". Select the torrentz file. Yes, it's torrentz, so you will need a torrentz app installed on the PC. If you don't want to deal with torrentz, let me know, and I'll check my drives nd see if I have the package.

2. go here;

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1624645

Go to the bottom, and download the "usbdeview". There are 2. 1 for 32 bit windows, and 1 for 64 bit windows.

Extract both of those above packages to a folder on your pc.

Now, make sure on your tablet, you have USB Debugging set to ON (look in your System Settings, as I can't remember exactly where on HC 3.0). Connect yer tablet to PC and make sure you have no errors. If everything is good, unplug, and plug it back in a few times just to be sure.

Now, with tab connected, run the USBdeview app you extracted. Should give you a long set of numbers and letters. Write them down, or save in Notepad. This is your UID. You can close the app

Next, with tab still connected, run the EUU executable you extracted. Just follow the steps exactly as they say. This may take awhile. It'll probably ask for that UID number at some point.

When it's all finished, you should have to restart the tab, and the first boot will be somewhat long (10+ minutes or so). But it should boot into a fully working 3.0 HC. Which is crap by the way ;). You'll need to OTA, or contact us for advice.

Good luck.

MD
[Acer Iconia A500] thebrews1986:
tried to download the files using utorrent and it didnt download. Is there an easier way of doing this?
[Acer Iconia A500] dibb_nz:
try this EUU it will upgrade you to HC3.2.1 - its pre-rooted and will give you a custom recovery as well. Theres a readme with instructions included in the zip. As with any EUU you will need your cpuid to use it but usbdeview is also in there.

while you are waiting for this to download try rooting your current rom with this then install this .apk and you will be able to install a custom recovery. Once you are in recovery, the main screen will display yr cpuid too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ifailprettyhard:
My question is if i buy a Nexus 5 from eBay Or Craigslist will the phone be cover by Google even though the phone was purchased by some one else warranty ? I want to buy it from the play store but i don't want to wait 3 weeks..
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lJesseCusterl:
You're better off preordering it than taking your chances or paying an inflated price. There's a pretty good chance you'll receive it before the ship date, as well. Mine was a "ships by 11/8" and shipped on the 3rd.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pard0ned:
I wouldn't risk it to be honest. I did that with my s4 and instantly regretted the decision.

Only buy from reputable stores. I've learned my lesson.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Solutions Etcetera:
Legally, you have no warranty if bought from a third party. Will some manufacturers still honor it? Sometimes, but you can not compel them to do so if they choose not to.
[Asus Transformer TF700] Jeffruby:
Hey guys.

Using cromi 5.1

Just got a fast top of the line SD card. One if my friends said you can put the end right on the fast SD card to fix the i/o issue and speed this baby up.

Please help. Can't find how to do this.
[Asus Transformer TF700] berndblb:
You got a lot of reading to do. ;)

Go to the development section and read the threads for data2sd and rom2sd, and there's also an option of cache2sd.

The rom2sd method has nothing to do with speeding up the device. It's a way to run a dual boot system where one rom runs off the sd card if inserted. So far it actually runs a tad slower than the same rom installed to internal - at least on Quadrant if you put stock into scores...

And in my opinion the other two do not do much to improve on CROMi-X 5.x. Have you tried running your rom with Hund's kernel and LMK's Extreme Tweaks?

I have the feeling, you haven't been following the CROMi-X thread, have you? Otherwise you wouldn't be asking here... These topics are being discussed there extensively in last few months....
[Asus Transformer TF700] Jeffruby:
Thanks

I did read, and I did figure it out.

Despite the quadrant scores which are meaningless, it did help the i/o issue tremendously and skilled up the tab to the point I took it off eBay. Of course it only works with a top of the line SD card.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rojas.leo93:
Hello friends

Look i want to install android 4.3 on my S3, i am currently runnig stock android 4.1.2 but the problem is that when i connect the S3 to kies it tell me that my phone csc is (XXX). I already updated once my S3 to 4.3 but i lost my IMEI and serial number.. I have to pay $30 to otter person to fix that. Well now i have the phone working but i want to install android 4.3. I have the efs backup folder but i dont know the steps to do it and i dont want my phone lost the network conectivity. So please help me! I am from Costa Rica and if anyone needs more info just tell me.

When i dial *#1234# this is what i see

AP: I9300XXEMB5

CP: I9300XXEMB5

CSC: I9300XAEMB5

In settings my serial number is 0000 and in about option it says device modified, so i dont have OTA updates.

Thanks

PD: Sorry for my english
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Answers stickied FAQ and guides .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2344125

Critical you read the first two posts .
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zroice:
Just wanted to ask if I'm allowed to post my files here since I heard that designgears isnt maintaining the RDLV anymore I couldnt ask directly?

I edited the files a lil and modified it so that the device will be having init.d support on top of root if you root with RDLV. (saves you from manually adding it if you want to use it - I'm using it extensivly so I created a special RDLV.zip for my needs)

please some mod or so say if I'm allowed to post this here? All credit goes to designgears obviously, just thought that this might be interesting to others as well to save some work when you upgrade roms or smth and have to reapply the root n **** anyway....

ADD: Could also add latest busybox on top. (and maybe even other stuff like openvpn or smth if you provide me with the binaries and tell me where they need to be put). Or other mods that could be installed in one go. (like xposed + wanam maybe? - but i guess that would be too much then hehe)
[Galaxy Note 3 General] RavenY2K3:
Nope, I've got a modded version which the mods have said cannot be posted without consent from [MENTION=2348906]designgears[/MENTION]
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zroice:
What did you mod? Maybe we can share our methods privatly at least?
[Galaxy Note 3 General] danieljamie:
I had a read up on creative commons licensing and it's all bullsh!t really.

So it provides a form of copyright. That doesn't make it legally binding. You can't just copyright a .bat script. You know why? Because if so, what is the point in the patent system?

There is absolutely nothing stopping someone from making their own version of vega and sharing it with a new license. Even the creative commons license Wikipedia page states this.

Tomorrow, I may release root de la DEGA, but with my own .bat script that calls some more .bat scripts with a different structure. Not a copy as I have devised the method with my own research. But if it's similar, who copied who?

I also think that designgears using this license just goes against what XDA is about. Sharing openly and modding. He gains nothing by the license. He claims it is so he doesn't have to support variants of vega, but nobody asks him to!
[Galaxy Note 3 General] zroice:
well xda tries to protect the rights of the developers more than any other site which is good in some way - but on the other hand "patenting" or "copyrighting" algorithms and methods to do things is wrong in the first place imo. But I respect and thank people like chainfire and designgears alot and don't want to cause any trouble or smth. It's no big "mod" anyway - you can look up the method yourself basically - I posted earlier how to activate init.d support on RDLV rooted phones without messing up root. Just look it up and make your conclusions.

(hint: just change the install-recovery.sh as I explained there and add the init.d installer script to your sd and run it after the phone is rooted - or add the scripts text to the rdlv root install script and there you go. You can also just put it all in a zip and keep it for later use and then you have your very own RDLV install script with init.d support)

maybe designgears also adds this by default to his new version? He has said he wanna release a new version soon.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deleted member 265814:
Isn't network access from the PocketPC trough (USB) ActiveSync-Connection possible? I don't get it working. With my old iPAQ (Widcomm Bluetooth Stack) i can use the Bluetooth Network for full network access. I tried PocketLANce but it's only a "remote network" for the host.

Any ideas to get my MDAc really bound in the network?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] duke911:
you have many things to try:

1. in your device.. go to Start>Settings>Connections>Advanced then Select Networks... and choose the internet or work... one of them should work for you..

2. at the same time, if you are using ActiveSync 3.7 or 3.8 ... go to Options>Rules> and make sure the pass through options is checked and matches the same network you choose on your PPC (ie. work & work )

3. for best results, I'd suggest upgrading into Active Sync 4.1 , which does all the work for you automatically :wink:

Hope this helped

cheers
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] rhedgehog:
I WOULDN'T upgrade to 4.1

Even microsoft reccomend not to use it for anything other than WM5 as it (4.1) is so monumentally crap!

although I would do the rest of it.

as long as passthrough is set to automatic it should work. Did with mine anyway!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deleted member 265814:
I use ActiveSync 4.1 (since it was released) and i never had problems with it (only with 4.0 and my firewall).

I can access the internet from my MDA, but not the LAN. I want to sync with the Exchange Server, without a partnership on the PC. I get the CONNMGR_36 Error

As the Exchange-Server, i entered \\IP-Adress and used Certchk to disable the Certificat Check.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deleted member 265814:
I got it working! I got my MDAc syncing with the Exchange without a partnership with the computer!

Thank you for your help, and btw, you need AS4 for this.

A good site for error codes:

http://blogs.flaphead.dns2go.com/archive/2005/11/21/3202.aspx
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jackleung:
I don't have problem accessing the LAN (Both USB and BT connection). eg: I can open my songs and video using TCPMP with address: "http://172.18.0.2:8080" (I configure my apache to listen to 8080 instead of 80)

P.S. I am also using the latest Activesync 4.1 (it's slow but I always want the latest)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] soundpiercing:
I want to setup a LAN over USB between my Magician and my PC, with static IP's, but i don't know how. At WM5.0 the PPC takes automatically an IP, but on 2003SE?
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xelphos:
I have been doing a bit of research over the last few days and I have read from a few people that the Rogers Galaxy Note 3 will work with a Fido sim card without having to unlock the phone. Is this true? Has anyone here on the forums tried?

I am getting my Note 3 in 3 weeks and would love to know because I am with Fido and don't really want to pay 50$ to unlock it. I also don't trust any online website that unlocks phones.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zadigre:
All Rogers phones work fine with a Fido sim unless the sim is very old (before Rogers bought Fido)

Sent from my SM-N900 with Tapatalk
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
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[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SaHiLzZ:
Try a new cable/port/computer. Also move to twrp and install a rom which works with it, I didn't know some ROMs won't work with it.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prash8429:
There is an option in CWM to mount your device as USB, even when in recovery. I think its in advanced, do that. Then ou can copy the rom file to the device and flash it by selecting as zip from sdcard.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaneydroid:
I made backups of my nexus 4 apps using helium, ready to restore them to my new nexus 5.

Also used helium to make backups of the missus' apps on her galaxy s3, ready to restore them to my old nexus 4 (which she is having).

On both devices I cannot restore the backups, it says there are no backups on internal storage.

Of course now I have wiped the nexus 4 so I can't try again. What's going on?

I have seen posts from other people on this issue but I have been unable to find an actual answer. The various workarounds mentioned do not work.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NCguy:
I thought I might get by without rooting my new N5 this time but I did want to transfer all of my apps and data from my galaxy nexus. I gave helium a try and had exactly the same results as you had. Fortunately I hadn't wiped my galaxy nexus so I broke down and rooted the N5 and used titanium to do the transfer.

I was really surprised at how almost non-existent was the helium support community. It was a real wake-up call. I decided there was no way I could rely on this product. Support is too thin, even if it was working, to rely on it. Too bad because there is no other option for non-root full backup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaneydroid:
Yeah, unfortunately I am not prepared to root at all so I have lucked out on that. A bit peeved that I have lost a lot of game data/progress now but it's not the end of the world, worse thing happen.

Though I will certainly not trust helium ever again...
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rokfor2000:
I had similar problem when switching roms on my old phone. Something got into me and I thought I'd try Helium. Have you tried this:

1. Install the app from Play. When you backup you can usually restore when you want to immediately on the same phone.

2. Overwrite the backup of the freshly installed app with your original backup. Don't delete anything, just overwrite only backup file (the largest, I don't remember extension)

3. Restore.

You can also do backups without rooting using adb backup.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shaneydroid:
I saw that workaround somewhere around the net but when I tried it only came up with three apps to restore (out of around 30-ish) and none of those actually restored anything.

Also tried the web interface thing, which didn't work either.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdubzzle:
Does anyone else have a problem with the dial pad not coming up? I have the hit the back button, then press it again, then it will pop up.maybe its a kit kat thing or a glitch.. im not sure.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyrocky:
I have the same issue..any solution ?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] allyrocky:
have you disabled the animation in dev options ?

if so try enabling it , should work fine
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Alimdoener:
I've been a long time fan of PA but there haven't been any official updates in a long time.

Also I'm not satisfied with the stability on my Maguro-device so which ROM can you recommend me to switch to?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
Just stick with a 4.3 / 4.3.1 ROM and be happy unless if you want lovely graphical glitches, reboots and random crashes (which require battery pulls). This seems to affect ever 4.4 ROM for now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LuckySwitz:
Stock rom..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Seraz007:
Revolt ROM

4.3

No memory leaks with lots of customisation ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Alimdoener:
Does Revolt also have per-app DPI?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Seraz007:
Yes as it has the PA Preferences and settings (tablet,phablet etc)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] quubee:
Revolt from 11.10.2013 It's alfa but the good one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Seraz007:
Yea i forgot

Download the 200mb Alpha one

Not the 500mb 4.4 one ;)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darthboss:
when i am trying to use the phone as a phone and talk to someone using gsm call , the other person has trouble hearing me.

disabling noise cancellation thing helps , but its not enough. is there any way to boost the microphone?

does anyone else have the same problem?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] anthonyly:
Soooo i'm trying to root my friends s4 (i've have a s3 already) but odin won't detect it.... so i can't flash anything via odin and yes i do have samsung drivers installed (kies)

and just wondering but what roms work wit hte i337m version

device shows up in odin when on but not in download mode
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] nash2000:
What version is the phone? Does it end in MF3, MDL...? I can't speak for the other version but I'm on MF3, if thats your phone than you can't root thru Odin. I'll link you the method in which I rooted...just in case its a MF3 version.

brought to you by my not so sexy GS4 MF3
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] Theoriginalgiga:
soo.... didn't bother pressing the search button?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] anthonyly:
uh i wouldn't be posting if i didn't bother searching in the first place, every place has those kinds of people if you're going to reply like that then don't even bother replying and being a douche
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin] anthonyly:
nvm i got it working, and flashed recover via rom manager but.... when i hold power + home + volume up it doesn't bring me to recovery it just vibrates twice